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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump directed his staff to order the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to prepare a statement that Hurricane Dorian posed a significant threat to Alabama as of Sept. 1, in contrast to what the agency's forecasters were predicting at the time. Trump instructed acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to direct NOAA's leaders to issue a...

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after one of its weather offices in Birmingham publicly contradicted President Donald Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian could strike Alabama, The New York Times reported. Three sources familiar with the discussion told the Times that Ross's threat led to...

WASHINGTON - The federal agency that oversees the National Weather Service has sided with President Donald Trump over its own scientists in the ongoing controversy over whether Alabama was at risk of a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian. In a statement released Friday afternoon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated Alabama was in fact threatened by...

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Science Committee are launching an investigation into the Commerce Department’s involvement in NOAA’s unusual decision to back President Donald Trump’s position that Hurricane Dorian posed a significant threat to Alabama as of Sept. 1, in contrast to what the agency’s forecasters were predicting at the time. Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson,...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Neil Jacobs, defended his agency at a major weather industry conference on Tuesday morning in an emotional speech, as controversy swirls over how agency officials responded to President Trump's inaccurate claim on Sept. 1 that Alabama "would most likely be hit (much) harder than...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Neil Jacobs, defended his agency at a major weather industry conference on Tuesday morning in an emotional speech as controversy swirls over how agency officials responded to President Donald Trump's inaccurate claim on Sept. 1 that Alabama "would most likely be hit (much) harder...